Build a better way to fight drugs

1:23 PM,
Jun. 6, 2014

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Finding a way to verify illegal drug sales can be easy, but gathering evidence and putting that evidence into a form that can lead to an arrest or indictment can be elusive. Arrest one dealer and throw them in jail, and it's likely another will set up shop around the corner.

Even the prosecution of a suspected dealer can be tricky. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and juries can all see the evidence in different lights. Taking a case to trial can be a roll of the dice. A conviction might not even guarantee the ...